The jail's rates of violence have worsened under Sheriff Susan Hutson, and her staff faces near-daily attacks or harassment.

Sheriff Susan Hutson said her office fully cooperates with the AG’s investigation into the May 16 jail escape and denied ...

Two inmates who were recaptured in Texas after a mass jailbreak will be held without bond, an Orleans Parish Criminal ...

A former jail employee is accused of driving escapee Lenton Vanburen to a relative's home and helping him FaceTime family the ...

Two escaped inmates were captured over 300 miles away in Huntsville, Texas. They were extradited back to Louisiana.

Thousands of California prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids last year because of a laboratory mistake. Now hundreds of decisions to deny parole to some of those prisoners are getting a ...

Thousands of California prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids last year because of a laboratory mistake. Now hundreds ...

Two Fulton County Jail inmates died in the past week, Sheriff Patrick Labat’s office said, with the deaths coming just months after the county reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice ...

It’s not unusual for Illinois to send high-profile prisoners away to serve their time elsewhere. Colorado prison officials ...

"A subsequent records check revealed that Mr. Torres had an active federal arrest warrant for several violent felony charges, ...

On the 10-year anniversary of one of the most famous prison breaks in American history, we're looking back at what happened ...

Richard Matt, a convicted murderer with a history of attempting to escape from prison, was at the center of the infamous ...